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Health and Spirituality Vinod Kochupillai Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
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Poll Conducted: Are you happy with your lifeHigh percentage: YesSurprise Contradictory to statistics Anxiety, depression, Suicide increasingIf people are happy: Why increase in depression and suicides??
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Emotions: unaware or not expressed Unaware of feelings Ashamed to admit Pretending to have fun Emotions: may seem to be under control -- but!
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Suppressed Emotions: ExplodeAffect: Work out putInterpersonal relations Depression/ anxietyHeart attacks, ulcers, migraine, High BP, cancer
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Scientific Studies Every change in the mental-emotional state, conscious or unconscious is accompanied by an appropriate change in physiological state and every change in the physiological state is accompanied by an appropriate change in the mental-emotional state Elmer Green - Mayo clinic Physician
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Body physiology, mind & emotions
How are these linked ??
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Neuropeptides & receptors: Biochemical Messengers Tiny in size, but highly intelligentCommunicate: each other Regulate: conscious and unconscious activities Behavior, physical activity, even mood
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Neuropeptides and receptors: Not only brain and nerve cells Present in many parts: Blood cells (mono & lymphocytes) Respiratory centre G I tract - entire lining: esophagus - large intestine Density of receptors: Gut feelingDistressing news: diarrhoeaDyspepsia: grouchy & irritable
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Biochemical messengers: Neuropeptides and their receptors
Manifest as our emotions, beliefs and expectationsProfoundly influence our responses and experiences in the world Unite mind, spirit and emotions with physical body Biochemical base: awareness and consciousnessDr. Pert: Molecules of Emotions
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Biochemical messengers: Molecules of Emotions Massive information transfer: Over a network linking all systems and organs, emotions, thoughts and spirit
Mobile brainThrough which intelligence moves through entire body in all places at once not just in the head
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Emotions: needed Anger to define boundaries Grief to deal with losses Fear to protect from danger
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Emotions denied; chronically suppressed - Stress Toxic situation Flow of peptides (messengers): blocked important body functions: breathing, blood flow, Immunity: adversely affected Manifest as diseases Healing processes: adversely affected
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Free Flow of Emotions Emotions allowed to move: naturally
Inner chemicals flow: freely
Experience: freedom, joy, healthy state of being
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Blocked or suppressed emotions Blood vessels: Constricted (narrowed) Blood flow: restrictedDeprives : important part of brain and other organs : of vital nourishment
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Frontal Contex: Inadequate Nourishment Foggy and less alert limited in awareness Decision making processes: Interferedunable to respond freshly to world around: gets stuck in the past or the future Lack of fresh ideas
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Emotions and body sensations : Link Each emotion: Physical sensation Attention over physical sensation : allows emotions to move rather than get suppressed However, one is often not aware of this sensationElimination of stress : one becomes aware and brings the sensation into consciousness
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Elimination of Stress Over centuries Yoga, meditation, Pranayam Yoga is living life skillfully Meditation allows long buried thoughts and feelings to surface, it is a way of getting the peptides flow again, returning the body and the emotions to health.
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Meditation A mind without agitation is meditation. A mind in the present moment is meditation.A mind which becomes no mind is meditation.A mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation.
A mind that has come back to the source is meditation. H H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Sudarshan Kriya (SK) and Pranayam (P) More recently His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Introduced a powerful process - Sudarshan Kriya Rhythmic breathing process - Three rhythms followed cyclically.
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Regular practice: SK, P, yoga and meditation
stresses: eliminated peptides flow freelyone becomes aware living in the present focused, alert and yet relaxed This is what spirituality (consciousness) is allabout Productivity, efficiency and relationships automatically improve
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Underlying mechanisms: Effect of Yogic Breathing : Physiology SK & P: Alleviation of anxiety, depression and stress
Increased Parasympathetic drive Calming of stress response systems Neuro endocrine release of hormones Thalamic generators Neuro-peptides & their receptors Dr. Richard Brown PsychiatristColumbia University
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SK and P : EEG studies Resting EEG : 2 groups: practising SK and P x at least 2 yearsvs controls: beta waves
EEG during SK and P - alpha waves: relaxed alertness Manveer Bhatia Neurologist & EEG Incharge
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During SK & PResting EEG: Control Vspractitioners of SK & P
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EEG Changes
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EEG Changes
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SK & P : Effect on brainEEG Studies :
Increased connectivity & information processingin the brain
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Bhatia M, Kumar A, Bhardwaj NK, Pandey RM and Kochupillai V. Electrophysiological evaluation of Sudarshan Kriya; EEG, BAER and P-300 study. Ind J Physiol & Pharmacol 47(2): 157-163, 2003
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SK & P : effect on blood cortisol & ACTH Studies : AIIMS and NIMHANS, Bangalore Fall in blood cortisol and ACTH (Stress hormones) Consistent: relaxing effect of SK and P NIMHANS: Alcohol addicts & patients with depression 70% required no medication SK & P No side effects Cost effective
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Jankiramaiah et al. A Therapeutic Efficacy ofSudarshan Kriya yoga 9SKY) In DysthymicDisorders. NIMHANS Journal 17;21-28,1998
Naga Venkatesha et al. P300 Amplitude AndAntidepressant Response To Sudarshan Kriya Yoga. Journal Affective Disorders 50;45-48,1998.
Jankiramaiah et al. Antidepressant Efficacy OfSudarshan Kriya Yoga 9SKY) In Melancholia.Journal Affective Disorders 57; 255-59, 2000.
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SK & P : Fall in blood lactate Police trainees - highly stressed group Blood lactate increases during physical and/ or mental stress Alter 5 months of SK and P practice : remarkable fall in blood lactate in those practising SK & P : consistent with relaxation effect Neeta Singh: Prof. Biochemistry: AIIMS
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Blood lactate: Effect of Sudarshan Kriya
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SK & P : Antioxidant defense Police trainees Studied at base line, after 5 months of SK and P practice and during SK and P Study Group vs controls
Neeta Singh, Prof, Biochemistry, AIIMS. Significant in Antioxidant enzymes in Menopausal womenDr. Geetha